Chief Finance Officer

Location: Abuja FCT

Company Overview: Our client is a prominent and innovative microfinance service provider, committed to seamless financial solutions and empowering customers through responsible solutions, innovation, and leadership.

Job Objective: The Chief Finance Officer (CFO) will ensure adherence to financial laws, regulations, and accounting standards, while upholding strong corporate governance principles and ensure that all transactions are properly authorized, documented and effected as approved.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities
 Align financial plans with the bank’s strategic business objectives by developing functional financial objectives and strategies for the bank, contributing financial and accounting information, analysis, and recommendations on strategic thinking and direction.
 Identify and mitigate financial risks while ensuring compliance with financial regulations and internal controls to protect the organization's assets.
 Conduct environmental scan for economic trends and revenue opportunities, identify and analyze acquisition and expansion prospects, analyze operations and identify opportunities for improvement, cost reduction and systems enhancement, accumulating capital to fund expansion.
 Coordinate and supervise the accounting function of the bank, ensuring accurate and efficient financial operations.
 Conduct financial analysis to assess performance, identify opportunities, and provide recommendations for improvement.
 Identify investment opportunities and maintain relationships with the investment community to maximize return on invested funds.
 Establish finance operational strategies, evaluate trends, establish critical measurements, determine productivity, quality and service delivery strategies, design systems, generate resources; resolve problems and implement change.

Job Requirements
 Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline, with relevant professional accounting certification; MBA is added advantage.
 Not less than 10 years post qualification experience, with 5 years in senior management positions.
 Cross-cutting, work experience in accounting and finance at a senior level, with ability to conceptualize, plan, analyze and forecast funding needs and secure new funding.
 Senior level exposure in the financial services industry.
 Proficiency in contemporary accounting software, and MS Office.
 Logical, result-oriented, and well organized, with proven problem-solving ability.
 He/she must have good managerial and interpersonal skills.
 Must have sound communication skills and decision-making skills.